Devanahalli Fort is located 35 kilometers (22 miles) north of Bangalore city (NH7), at Devanahalli, Bangalore Rural District, Karnataka (Coordinates: 13°14'59?N 77°42'34?E? / ?13.24960°N 77.70939°E).
Stone steps to climb the fort wall - Devanahalli Fort, Karnataka
Stone steps to climb the fort wall - Devanahalli Fort, Karnataka.
A fort must hold out against enemy soldiers, but must also survive constant attack from Nature!
What does this fort have in common with the Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) dam at Mysore ???
Both use SURKHI, a mixture of lime and soarsely powdered bricks. The KRS dam is built entirely with surkhi. In Devanahalli, this traditional material was used for water-proofing. You can still see traces of it on the floors of the bastions and ramparts.
The small channels that you can see along the inner fort walls allowed water to drain out of the ramparts, thus reducing seepage into the structure.
Do you see how the bricks in the small structures in this bastion have been laid diagonally? Each successive layer underneath will have bricks placed crosswise to the layer above it � another simple, traditional method of improving strength and waterproofing capa